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Between 2000 and 2007, Moody's doled out AAA ratings to 30 mortgage-backed securities every day. When the 2008 subprime crisis finally hit the United States, 83% of those first class securities became junk - they were downgraded. The funny part was - Lehman Brothers' own debt still had an investment

A few decades ago the only way to invest was through a broker. Due to high costs it only made sense if the amount you wanted to invest was considerably higher compared to the fee you had to pay to the broker.
The rise of AI and technology changed this forever when it created robo-advisers. These

Our previous article showed how the disgraced former Prime Minister Najib Razak mismanaged the country and plundered the national coffers to the brink of bankruptcy. After Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad expressed his displeasure, the new Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng has confirmed that Malaysia is

We wish to say "I told you so" again. But to hear it from the horse mouth - Mahathir - is equally satisfying. Yes, Malaysia has already breached the RM1 trillion marks, for the wrong reason. Speaking for the first time to staff of the prime minister’s office, Mahathir revealed the troubling debts

What does Hillary Clinton and Najib Razak has in common? They are terrible sore losers. Back in November 2016, the Reuters / Ipsos States of the Nation project gave Clinton a 90% chance of defeating Trump, seeing her on track to win 303 Electoral College votes out of the 270 needed, to Trump’s 2

China has no choice but to agree to fix the problem of trade imbalance between the kingdom with the United States. The trade imbalance, which President Donald Trump calls unfair, hit a record US$375 billion in 2017. After rounds of talks and meeting between both countries, the U.S. and China have ag

Finally, Rosmah Mansor, the so-called ex-FLOM (First Lady of Malaysia), has spoken. Unfortunately, the wife of defeated ex-prime minister Najib Razak has shown - again - that she spoke without putting her thinking cap. At critical moment like now, it's wise that she keep her mouth shut. She should s

Brent crude oil, the international benchmark for oil prices, breached US$80 a barrel on Thursday for the first time since 24th November 2014. However, the contract eased back to below US$80. Trading at US$79 now, it appears the commodity is looking for excuse to breach the US$80 again. And it's Pres

It would take 5 trucks to load an unbelievable amount of luxury handbags, jewellery and cash in what appears to be the biggest confiscation in the history of the country. Malaysia former Prime Minister Najib Razak is in such deep trouble that he had resorted to taking a photo with his aged mother, t

Khalid Abu Bakar was one of the most arrogant and corrupted police chief under Najib administration. After retired as IGP (Inspector-General of Police) on Sept 4, 2017, he was rewarded with the chairmanship of Prasarana, which owns public transport operators such as RapidKL. Two months ago, he was a

Ford Motor Co. has declared it does not need rescue money as it claimed its cash-flow is alright. General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC however threaten bankruptcy is inevitable if their demand of US$15 billion is not given by early 2009. The question was would the top management from both ailing GM [...]

The Highland Towers tragedy in 1993 that killed about 48 innocent lives including former Deputy Prime Minister Musa Hitam’s son was almost forgotten until now. If you remembered correctly when the Highland Towers tragedy occurred about 15-years ago the nation was not prepared to handle it and most [...]

Jobs, retrenchment, bonus, layoff and money could easily become the coffee-shop most talked-about subject these days. Popular radio channels suddenly found new topic of discussion and it was not surprise that many unfortunate victims of economic crisis called in to release their tension and seek adv [...]

Malaysians are a bunch of hard-to-please people judging from their cold shoulder over the RM0.10 a liter cut in petrol price effective today, Wednesday 3rd Dec 2008. There were no cheers wherever you go. The kind and generous government has since cut the petrol prices for the sixth time to reduce pe [...]

We’re not going to debate or argue whether the time is ripe to scoop some stocks at the current level because obviously different people have different risk appetite. Fund managers couldn’t help but to fill their portfolios with some battered shares with only one reason – they can’t afford t [...]

Ever since the Sept 16 deadline to form the new government expired without any mojo de-facto opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has been extremely quiet. The excitement died as fast as the political blogs mushroomed right after the 8th Mar 2008 general election. All you heard thereafter were some stupi [...]

At last Malaysia’s Central Bank cut its interest rate to 3.25 percent from 3.50 percent after stubbornly stay at that level for more than two years since Apr 2006. Just like U.S. Federal Reserve once the cut started more cuts are in the pipeline as it signals economic problems. The rate cut should [...]

Looks like the Dow Jones is having a small party after the government agreed to inject $20 billion to bailout the once mighty Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C, stock). The government doesn’t have a choice really, and Citigroup was damn sure that help was on its way. You can’t let such a massive monster c [...]

There were two young chaps talking about the current stock market after they finished their meals at a hawker center the other day. As much as I hoped for, it appears the price of foods never goes down and chances are it won’t no matter how much the fuel price drops. So stop believe those propagan [...]

Sometimes it pays to be negative provided you know what you’re pessimistic about. Sir Isaac Newton’s discovery of gravity after got bonked by an apple gave birth to the “What goes up must come down” wisdom to many stock investors. I wonder if stock markets were invented much earlier in 1687 [...]